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Kyle Whittingham allows the clock to run out in Utah’s scoreless first half

Santa Clara, Calif. • Utah’s only drive into Washington territory in the first half of Friday’s Pac-12 championship ended strangely.

Ute coach Kyle Whittingham elected to let the clock run out with his team at the Washington 45-yard line, rather than have Matt Gay attempt a 62-yard field goal or have Jason Shelley throw a pass into the end zone.

The Utes had reached the Husky 37, before Shelley was sacked on third down. Whittingham made a similar call in the first half of his team's other appearance at Levi's Stadium in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl vs.